Emerging Infectious Diseases (Jan 2009)

Hepatitis E Virus Genotype 3 Diversity, France

  • Florence Legrand-Abravanel,
  • Jean-Michel Mansuy,
  • Martine Dubois,
  • Nassim Kamar,
  • Jean-Marie Peron,
  • Lionel Rostaing,
  • Jacques Izopet

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3201/eid1501.080296
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 15, no. 1
pp. 110 – 114

Abstract

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We characterized 42 hepatitis E virus (HEV) genotype 3 strains from infected patients in France in 3 parts of the genome and sequenced the full-length HEV genotype 3f genome found in Europe. These strains are closely related to swine strains in Europe, which suggests zoonotic transmission of HEV in France.

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